9 papers
Human mobility shapes how urban policy effects spread across cities
Bijin Joseph, Hamish Gibbs, Takahiro Yabe +1
Urban policies are often evaluated assuming their effects decay with geographic distance. However, cities are systems of human movement, and policy effects propagate through indivi…
Towards welfare-oriented recommendations in activity-travel behavior
Ekin Ugurel, Takahiro Yabe
While mainstream recommender systems (RS) rely on diverse heuristics to rank alternatives, they generally lack a principled account of user welfare (i.e., whether accepting the rec…
Correcting temporal bias in mobility data using time-use surveys
Sarah A. Sanchez, Hamish Gibbs, Takahiro Yabe +2
GPS mobility data is a valuable source of behavioral measurement which is subject to systematic biases including the over- or under-representation of demographic groups, and variat…
Exploring Sidewalk Sheds in New York City through Chatbot Surveys and Human Computer Interaction
Junyi Li, Zhaoxi Zhang, Tamir Mendel +1
Sidewalk sheds are a common feature of the streetscape in New York City, reflecting ongoing construction and maintenance activities. However, policymakers and local business owners…
Causal spillover effects of electric vehicle charging station placement on local businesses: a staggered adoption study
M. Mavin De Silva, Callie Clark, Tadachika Nakayama +1
Understanding the economic impacts of the placement of electric vehicle charging stations (EVCSs) is crucial for planning infrastructure systems that benefit the broader community.…
Abstain Mask Retain Core: Time Series Prediction by Adaptive Masking Loss with Representation Consistency
Renzhao Liang, Sizhe Xu, Chenggang Xie +4
Time series forecasting plays a pivotal role in critical domains such as energy management and financial markets. Although deep learning-based approaches (e.g., MLP, RNN, Transform…
Social homophily predicts evacuation destination choice and long-term displacement decisions after the Marshall Fire
Vaidehi Raipat, Takahiro Yabe
Rapid urbanization and climate change have contributed to a significant rise in the frequency and intensity of disasters, which have resulted in three million adults being displace…
Causal Impacts of Protected Bike Lanes on Cycling Behavior with Demographic Disparities
Marcel Moran, Malik Salman, Takahiro Yabe
Cities around the world face significant barriers to grow urban cycling, including competing budgetary priorities and car-centric streets. Thus, when making decisions regarding the…
MobiCLR: Mobility Time Series Contrastive Learning for Urban Region Representations
Namwoo Kim, Takahiro Yabe, Chanyoung Park +1
Recently, learning effective representations of urban regions has gained significant attention as a key approach to understanding urban dynamics and advancing smarter cities. Exist…